Independence Party of New York

The Independence Party of New York is a populist political party in New York that was founded by Laureen A. Oliver in Rochester in 1991. The party was founded to draw independent voters and to allow for unaffiliated voters to take part in its primary elections, and it was often associated with populist presidential candidate Ross Perot. By 2018, it had over 436,000 members, and the party cross-endorsed both Democratic and Republican nominees in the state.